How to Stage Empty Houses
There are different thoughts on staging empty houses in today's real estate business.
Empty houses look larger for sure and buyer can visualize their stuff in there better and easier.
It is safer and cheaper to go this way because there is nothing turns off the possible buyer if the house has acceptable colors and cleaned except location and price of course.
Second idea is staging the empty house so that possible buyer can see how the life in that specific property feels.
Possible home buyer should feel like someone is living in the house with limited furniture.
They mostly leave cabinets empty however they put lovely decorative elements on the countertops, bedrooms should have beds and nice bed sheets; kitchen should look like you just started to cook.
Most of the builders prefer to do the staging with their model homes.
Some of them even put fake family pictures in their bedrooms' night stands.
They try to make it cozy and lived in on the other hand builders have advantage of showing their brand new empty houses so builders are most likely use the both main idea.
Staging is critical for some of the properties, especially if they have awkward spaces or small areas that possible home buyer cannot figure out what to do if they are not very creative.
Showing the best decoration or various functions will help them to think about the house more after the showings.
Since first impression is the key you can be in the middle and have staged front entry and the rooms in the line of site as you step into the front foyer.
Lightly staging a property with a few furnishings and a few decoration items will soften and warm the impression; in this case you do not need to place furniture in every room.
Know your area, if other homes on the market all are staged, never put your house without staging however If they are only nicely cleaned and just decluttered without staging, you should do the same or may be little bit more.
Going with the crowd might help if you do not know what you are doing at all.
Active homes in your area are your competition and it is always better to know your competitors are offering.
Most buyers want to see "move-in ready" homes.
Staging will give it that extra distinction that will separate your property from the competition.
After a day of viewing homes, buyers will remember your property more clearly than similar properties.
Since the staged homes generally sell faster than non-staged properties, the cost of staging might be less expensive than having to do your first price reduction in today's real estate market.
Remember your goal in preparing your property for sale is to create the most attractive product on the current market at that time.
That is how you will attract the most buyers and get the highest amount of offer from wiling, able home buyer.